by Bob Hendrikx on 21/12/2018: Notes on Ken Colman: FUNNY WORLD (1964)
2:37 – Funny World
Cover version of "Questi vent'anni miei" from the 'documentary' I MALAMONDO (aka MALAMONDO).
About the I MALAMONDO soundtrack: link
Authors: Torti/Castaldo/Brandt/Morricone
Composer: Ennio Morricone (1928-)
Original Lyricist: Franco Torti (full name: Francesco Torti) (co-screenwriter of the film) link
Original Lyricist: Guido Castaldo (co-screenwriter of the film) link
Lyricist: Alan Brandt (1923-2002)
Orchestrator, Conductor: Not credited
Vocals: Ken Colman
Released on vinyl single:
Watching The World Go By / Funny World – Epic 5-9731 – USA – 1964
B-side label: "A. Brandt/E. Morricone – Printed in USA" jpg
The A-side song (Watching The World Go By) is not connected to Morricone.
Released on LP:
Malamondo – Epic BN 26126 – USA – 1964 (track B10) link
"Theme from MALAMONDO – Composed by Alan Brandt, Ennio Morricone – Vocals: Ken Colman" link
Released on CD:
Canto Morricone, Vol. 1 – Bear Family BCD 16244 AH – Germany – 1998 (track 14) link
Front: jpg
Back: jpg
Five 1964 vocal versions of Morricone's "Questi vent'anni miei":
2:43 – Questi vent'anni miei – Vocals: Catherine Spaak – See: link
2:37 – Funny World – Vocals: Ken Colman – See: link
2:25 – Funny World – Vocals: Astrud Gilberto – See: link
2:35 – Funny World – Vocals: Jane Morgan – See: link
3:53 – Funny World – Vocals: Johnny Hartman – See: link
by ut-re-mi on 29/04/2021: 11 more covers from 1964 to 1967
